Rachel Herz

My name is Rachel Herz. I'm a neuroscientist, and I've been studying the psychological science of smell for over 30 years.

My name is Rachel Herz. I'm a neuroscientist, and I've been studying the psychological science of smell for over 30 years.

My name is Rachel Herz. I'm a neuroscientist, and I've been studying the psychological science of smell for over 30 years.

The fabric of our existence, literally the threads that weave together how we feel within the world, both with other people, with our past experiences, and fundamentally with ourselves, is deeply, deeply connected to our sense of smell. And when that becomes broken, those relationships, those outer relationships and our inner relationships with ourself start to really stumble and fumble and fall.

The fabric of our existence, literally the threads that weave together how we feel within the world, both with other people, with our past experiences, and fundamentally with ourselves, is deeply, deeply connected to our sense of smell. And when that becomes broken, those relationships, those outer relationships and our inner relationships with ourself start to really stumble and fumble and fall.

The fabric of our existence, literally the threads that weave together how we feel within the world, both with other people, with our past experiences, and fundamentally with ourselves, is deeply, deeply connected to our sense of smell. And when that becomes broken, those relationships, those outer relationships and our inner relationships with ourself start to really stumble and fumble and fall.

We really do not still fully have a grasp or grip on how it is that we perceive smells. So it really still is this enigma.

We really do not still fully have a grasp or grip on how it is that we perceive smells. So it really still is this enigma.

We really do not still fully have a grasp or grip on how it is that we perceive smells. So it really still is this enigma.

Part one, to smell is to feel.

Part one, to smell is to feel.

Part one, to smell is to feel.

And so a lot of people who were working in the molecular biology and biochemistry and other systems went to study smell. And this led to basically an explosion of research looking at the molecular basis of how the sense of smell works.

And so a lot of people who were working in the molecular biology and biochemistry and other systems went to study smell. And this led to basically an explosion of research looking at the molecular basis of how the sense of smell works.

And so a lot of people who were working in the molecular biology and biochemistry and other systems went to study smell. And this led to basically an explosion of research looking at the molecular basis of how the sense of smell works.

What smells are is that they're chemicals that float through the air.

What smells are is that they're chemicals that float through the air.

What smells are is that they're chemicals that float through the air.

Air is like a blank canvas, and the scents that we can perceive are like the paints on it that are the world that we exist in.

Air is like a blank canvas, and the scents that we can perceive are like the paints on it that are the world that we exist in.